John Wheeler House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, three-bay, vernacular Federal style brick dwelling with a central passage plan. The front facade features a later two-story pedimented portico. It was the birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892).[2]
John Wheeler House | |
 Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940 | |
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| Location | 403 E. Broad St., Murfreesboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 36°26′39″N 77°5′54″W / 36.44417°N 77.09833°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1805 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Vernacular Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000596[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 31, 1971 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
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Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ John B. Wells, III; Sherry I. Penney (October 1970). "John Wheeler House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.